Head of Technical Recruiting

Snorkel AI

Head of Technical Recruiting leading Snorkel AI’s technical hiring strategies and teams. Building systems for recruitment in fast-paced, high-growth environment focusing on AI and tech roles.

Posted 7/30/2026full-timeNew York City • California, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $200,000 - $300,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building and leading technical recruiting teams, developing scalable recruiting practices, and leveraging data-driven metrics to enhance hiring strategies. Proven ability to partner with senior leaders and create exceptional candidate experiences in a fast-paced, hyper-growth environment.

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Technical Recruiting StrategyTeam LeadershipData-Driven Decision MakingCreative Sourcing StrategiesCandidate Experience Management

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Hard Skills

Technical RecruitingWorkforce PlanningPipeline DevelopmentSourcing StrategyRecruiting MetricsTalent MappingStructured InterviewingCandidate EngagementOperational ExcellenceScalable Recruiting Practices

Soft Skills

Executive PresenceCommunication SkillsInfluencing SkillsCreativityComfort in Ambiguity

Industry Keywords

Hyper-Growth StartupTechnical FunctionsAI Talent MarketBay Area Talent MarketEngineeringResearchProductMachine LearningApplied AIInfrastructure

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and scale Snorkel AI’s technical recruiting function across Engineering, Research, Product, FDE, and Applied AI Engineering.
Build, develop, and manage a high-performing team of technical recruiters, sourcers, and recruiting leaders as the company scales.
Own the overall technical recruiting strategy, including workforce planning, pipeline development, sourcing strategy, candidate experience, closing strategy, and capacity planning.
Partner closely with Engineering, Research, Product, and other technical leaders to understand business priorities and translate them into actionable hiring plans.
Create a world-class recruiting operating model that balances speed, quality, rigor, and an exceptional candidate experience.
Develop creative sourcing strategies for highly competitive technical and AI talent markets.
Use data to identify bottlenecks, improve conversion, forecast hiring outcomes, and drive accountability across the recruiting process.
Establish and track key technical recruiting metrics, including pipeline health, pass-through rates, time to fill, offer acceptance, source effectiveness, candidate experience, and quality of hire indicators.
Coach hiring managers and interview teams on effective assessment, structured interviewing, calibration, and closing.
Build scalable processes while remaining hands-on and close to the work where needed.
Represent Snorkel AI externally as an employer of choice for world-class technical talent.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience building and leading technical recruiting teams in a hyper-growth startup environment, ideally at a company scaling from approximately 100 to 1,000 employees.
Deep experience recruiting for technical functions such as Engineering, Research, Product, Machine Learning, AI, Infrastructure, Data, Applied AI, or similar areas.
Strong knowledge of the Bay Area technical talent market and competitive AI/startup hiring landscape.
A track record of building recruiting teams, developing recruiters, and creating scalable recruiting practices.
Experience partnering directly with senior technical and business leaders on hiring strategy, prioritization, tradeoffs, and execution.
Strong data orientation, with the ability to use recruiting metrics to diagnose problems, drive decisions, and communicate progress.
Demonstrated creativity in sourcing, pipeline generation, talent mapping, and candidate engagement.
Strong executive presence and communication skills, with the ability to influence across technical and non-technical audiences.
Comfort operating in ambiguity and building systems, processes, and teams where they may not yet exist.
A high bar for talent, candidate experience, and operational excellence.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity in the form of employee stock options